Wrong choice of a KBO 20-win pitcher? CWS' second 14th consecutive loss...Are you the worst team in MLB history
Jul 29, 2024
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The Chicago White Sox, where Eric Peddy, who won 20 games in the KBO League last year, is playing, are unable to raise their head. The White Sox lost 3-6 at home to the Seattle Mariners at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois on the 29th (Korea time). The loss increased the White Sox's losing streak to 14 games since the Minnesota Twins on the 11th.
This is not the first time that the White Sox have won 14 consecutive games since their foundation in 1901 and have celebrated their 123rd anniversary this year. From the Toronto Blue Jays on May 23 to the Boston Red Sox on June 7, they have already won 14 consecutive games. He lost 14 consecutive games twice this season. NBC said the White Sox are the first team to lose 14 consecutive games twice in a season in the American League, adding that it is the second team since the Boston Braves (currently the Atlanta Braves) in 1935.
The 2024 season is a nightmare for the White Sox.
As of Tuesday, the White Sox had just 27 wins (81 wins) in 108 games. The winning rate is 0.250, the lowest among the 30 teams in the two major leagues. Compared to the Colorado Rockies (38-69, 0.355), which ranks second in the lowest winning rate, there is a difference of more than 10% in winning rate. If this continues, the White Sox are likely to surpass the record of the most losses (120 losses) in the season set by the New York Mets in 1962.
In fact, it is a thorny road that was expected to some extent for the White Sox.
As franchise players were released as FA after the last season, it was widely expected that they would enter the tanking season from this season. The White Sox reinforced their power by bringing in Paul Deyong, Martin Maldonado, John Brevia and Dominic Fletcher, as well as a two-year contract with Peddy for a total of $15 million. However, it was evaluated that there was not enough power to become a game changer. This prediction is proving to some extent to be the worst grade.
Peddy is struggling in the White Sox. Starting in all 21 games, he has seven wins and four losses in 121 ⅔ innings and an earned run average of 3.11. He has recorded the most innings, most wins in the team, and the lowest ERA among the starting pitchers, writing another reverse export myth of the KBO League. However, the performance has long faded due to the team's performance at the bottom.
ppark@sportschosun.com
